Cimatti Contact Forms <= 1.4.11 - Cross-Site Scripting

2021-09-27 00:00

Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez (pfelilpe)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.4.12

Affected PluginContact Forms by Cimatti

Affected Version< 1.4.12

CVSS5.5Medium

CVECVE-2021-24744

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Vulnerability Overview

The Cimatti Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.4.11.This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the title value of a form and makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.4.12, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24744 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09952b56-a064-46f9-b037-be86cf6df781

CVSS Vector

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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